2016

It was almost like codependency: Trump would say something very bad, and they would then write in big capitals, “This is appalling and disgusting.” And outside of all that, the big forces of power stormed on. And from the moment when both left and right and the mainstream of politics collapsed together, people who were hurting and feeling lonely and anxious and uncertain were offered no alternative, and along came Trump and Brexit and—I’m going to use a bad word here—they were offered a very big button that said “Fuck off” on it, and can you blame them for pressing it? Sometimes things are very simple. That’s what they did.

Adam Curtis